Question follow-through · 120380
Ministers: Codes of Practice
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has provided guidance to Cabinet colleagues on recording overlay advice to Ministers.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has provided guidance to Cabinet colleagues on recording overlay advice to Ministers.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
The term “overlay advice” is not in general use, so no such guidance has been issued.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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